ControlBlock, PowerBlock & Co.

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  Retro PI or PC not seeing GamepadBlock
  retro pie gamepadblock no comunication • • sherrmann  

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  Did you update the firmware to the latest version?
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  Retro Amiga Build with 2 * ControlBlock and SNES controller issue
  retropie 4.4 controlblock snes controlls • • manix  

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  Glad to hear that!
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  WiFi issues after attaching Controlblock on a Pi 3b+
  stretch 3b+ controlblock2 wifi problem 3b+ stretch • • SuperPitendo  

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  Hi, did you get my email reply?
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  PowerBlock and Volumio
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  Thanks for the hint! I have updated the README. The install script (install.sh) already had that package. I was not aware of these differences. Glad that it is working for your now!
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  Wiring up rocker switch causes a reboot loop
  switch wiring reboot loop power loop rocker • • PetrifiedPenguin  

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  What's the switch' part number? Where did you get it from? Maybe a little research can show how the switch LED is connected internally. When you mentioned LED, is that the LED connected to the Contolblock or the LED on the switch?
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  Wiring the PowerBlock to the RPi?
  powerblock power block • • TheLastBelmont01  

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  If you power the RPi using the microUSB of the RPi itself you will loose the power switch and reset functions on the Powerblock. When the Powerblock is used as designed using its microUSB connector, power to the RPi is controlled by the Powerblock and routed to the Power and Ground pins of the GPIO connector. When the RPi is booted up the driver and control service of the Powerblock will initialy interrogate the status of the Powerblock board and intitiate the boot up process. If the microUSB on the RPi is used to as power source, all of this is bypassed and the RPi will power up as if the Powerblock does not exist. The only way to use microUSB on th RPi together with the Powerblock is to isolate the RPi's micrUSB connections from the RPi itself (cut the traces from the RPi) and rewire them to the Powerblock's microUSB connector. Doing so is a mute, waste of time, potentially damaging to the RPi exercise.
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  Powerblock shutdown slow
  powerblock shutdown slow shutdown • • ruckage  

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  All right. I took a look into the sources of the ControlBlock driver. The same issue that caused the slow shutdown for the PowerBlock also existed there. I have fixed that now.
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  PowerBlock & Raspberry Pi power warning
  powerblock power supply lightning bolt low power • • neolith  

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  I got everything working flawlessly with a different power supply: 5.2V, 3A. :)
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  Issues with PowerBlock build installation
  powerblock build failed make powerblock mod • • CDStrange  

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  Never mind. Checked on Reddit and got a hit for the problem I believe. Just used the PowerBlock installer in the setup menu. Seemed to work at a glance.
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  Joystiqs, buttons and JSTEST
  jstest joystiq mapping • • Tiny Sumo  

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  I am using Asciinema for that for some time now.
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  GamepadBlock causing shutdown when connected.
  mausberry gamepadblock • • Heed  

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  Does the GanepadBlock work with your PC? If not, it would seem to be an hardware issue with the GamepadBlock. Also, can you post an image of your hardware setup here?
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  Controller config not saving
  emulationstaton controlblock2 configure input • • loonyboi  

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  @loonyboi Thanks! I wasn't sure if you meant to mirror the controls by ES' UI or at file system level by copying their config files. So if I understand you correctly, setting them up identically in ES does suffice.
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  Overclock with Controlblock
  controlblock overclock overclocking controlblock2 pi3b+ • • SuperPitendo  

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  @m2306 I also need a few weeks to finish my stuff and get back to the Topic. I will keep you up to date as well!
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  ControlBlock shuts down Pi immediately after startup - Unable to access ControlBlock config file
  controlblock petrockblog • • m2306  

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  @petrockblog I guessed as much, just me beeing a linux n00b. Thanks and sorry for wasting your time. Still, this could have been prevented with clearer instructions. It went fine with installing the software though, nice and easy to copy the commands, all clear there. Just small things like this one that you who know command line better maybe don’t realize that others don’t get.. Thanks again.
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  Is my Powerblock broken?
  powerblock fault • • weirdocollector  

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  Hi ! It is misteriously back to normal working. Thanks for responding!
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  SNES Controller not working
  snes controller controlblock2 3b+ stretch • • SuperPitendo  

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  Finally - very glad to hear that!
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  Using Controlblock and USB controller interchangeably
  arcade usb controlblock • • m2306  

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  @m2306 Yes, it's possible to use different gamepads as P1, depending on the system you play or choose at runtime. You can use Meleu's joystick selection tool to do that.
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  [Solved] PowerBlock not powering up Pi
  powerblock led • • DougA  

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  @douga as @tba mentioned, the scientific term is PEBKAC.
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  [Workaround but NOT solved] Controlblock not outputing proper keys
  controlblock button mapping rpi3b+ • • tba  

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  OK, this is probably my last post on this matter. It isn't solved, by any stretch of the imagination, but i do have a workaround! I don't believe that the short has fried anything, the controlblock is still working exactly as advertised, but it DID scramble the outputs. All the outputs are still there, just in different places! If it is possible to re-flash the firmware i think it would restore the normal operation, but that is just a hunch, and as it stands now i am not willing to take the risk. Just in case someone out there ever has a similar problem i'm posting how i rewired the controlblock: WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! THIS WON'T WORK ON YOUR SYSTEM, IT FIXED MY SYSTEM ONLY. I ONLY POST HERE TO SHOW WHAT THE SHORT DID TO MY CONTROLBLOCK! In the end i rewired my project to match the new outputs of the scrambled Controlblock as follows:! Hope that helps, if anyone else finds themself in a similar situation! END WARNING! END WARNING! END WARNING! END WARNING! END WARNING! END WARNING! END WARNING! END WARNING!